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- Join IHBC’s Membership Assessors now and ‘Shape our Conservation Professionals of the future’, with CPD, status, compensation, and more as thanks and benefits 14/08/2026
- IHBC NI’s update on hosting a stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09, at Heritage Network’s Conference 14/08/2026
- CLOSING SOON: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2026 open: Celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, to 20 August 14/08/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 Gus Astley Student Award for heritage work on UK courses: Open to 31/08 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCBristolBath2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’ 14/08/2026
- IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 14/08/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: CARE & partners’ revised guidance on ‘Assessing historic assets that are proposed to be demolished or partially demolished’ (2026) 14/08/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Do you want to help shape the roadmap of UK construction, via UKCW 14/08/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Fight underway to prevent Hertfordshire bridge ‘vandalism’ 14/08/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Signal box reopens as working museum 14/08/2026
- Scottish Government: ‘Making historic buildings fit for the future’ 14/08/2026
- ‘Every child to get access to enriching activities to build skills and confidence for life’ 14/08/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Normandy’s D-Day World War Two beaches become UNESCO heritage site 14/08/2026
- IHBC marks ICOMOS-UK President’s plans to stand down in November: ‘… great to be able to work with Clara’ … ‘a special pleasure to sign our joint MoU’ 11/08/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 Gus Astley Student Award for heritage work on UK courses: Open to 31/08 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCBristolBath2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’ 11/08/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 11/08/2026
- IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral 11/08/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Government UK Policy paper ‘Local Outcomes Framework’ 11/08/2026
- EH appoints V&A deputy director & COO Tim Reeve CBE as new chief executive 11/08/2026
- Government commitment to deliver for rural communities 11/08/2026
- Ronnie Hinds appointed Interim Chair of Historic Environment Scotland 11/08/2026
- Historic England and Youth Speaker Series 11/08/2026
- New partnership and business plan announced by A&DS 11/08/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Trump Admin Moves to Gut Historic Preservation Rules 11/08/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 07/08/2026
- SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2026 open: Celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, to 20 August 07/08/2026
Tag Archives: cultural heritage
IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: UCL research confirms ‘Engaging with arts linked to slower pace of ageing’
Regularly taking part in arts activities such as reading, listening to music or visiting a gallery or museum may slow the pace of biological ageing, suggests a new study by University College London (UCL) researchers
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Tagged arts, cultural heritage, culture, heritage, research, UNESCO
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Heritage Crafts awards 20 new training bursaries
Heritage Crafts has awarded 20 new bursaries for trainees from across the UK to learn heritage craft skills.
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Tagged bursaries, careers, crafts, cultural heritage, funding, heritage, intangible heritage, skills, training
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Funding opportunity in AHRC large grants: Outline stage – to £3M, 16/09
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) encourages applicants to apply for Large Grants funding to deliver novel, ambitious and transformative arts and humanities research projects at scale.
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Tagged arts, cpd, cultural heritage, culture, funding, research
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IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ CPD Signpost: RIBA Collections and 1951 celebration of Festival of Britain
What was the Festival of Britain, asks the RIBA as, billed as a ‘tonic for the nation’, it argues that the Festival of Britain was designed to lift the moral of post-war Britain.
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Tagged architectural history, cpd, cultural heritage, heritage, RIBA
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (vinyl) doorstep’: 11 Historic Buildings and Places That Feature on Album Covers
image for illustration: Mapledurham Watermill By Chris Wood, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons How musicians from the Fab Four to The Streets have harnessed the power of historic places in their album art
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Tagged art, cultural heritage, historic buildings, historic places
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ACE report finds commercial strategy drives cultural sector income growth
Bringing together data and insights from more than 260 sites, ‘A Seat at the Table: Embedding Commercial Thinking in the Cultural Sector’ is a new report from the arts, heritage and cultural sector charity and trade body, the Association for … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, business, cultural heritage, culture, economics
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Tourism is huge in Mexico. Spending on cultural sites is not
image for illustration: Palacio de Gobierno, Puebla, México, Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Bloomberg reports that although Mexico is… a ‘cultural powerhouse’, critics are warning that… ‘far too little is spent on maintaining the country’s oldest and … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural heritage, global, heritage, mexico, UNESCO
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Government calls for submissions to UK’s first national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – ‘living Heritage – open to 27/03
The Government has launched a call for submissions to the UK’s first-ever national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – living heritage – on foot of the UK’s ratification of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural heritage, culture, government, intangible, inventory
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New £400,000 pilot fund launched to help Scotland’s cultural and creative buildings adapt to climate change
A new £400,000 pilot project has been launched to support pioneering projects that help organisations owning Scotland’s cultural and creative buildings respond to climate change.
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Tagged cultural heritage, funding, Scotland
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Government calls for submissions to UK’s first national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – ‘living Heritage – open to 27/03
The Government has launched a call for submissions to the UK’s first-ever national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – living heritage – on foot of the UK’s ratification of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, cultural heritage, government, intangible, inventory, tradition
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New paper from Creative UK: UK Government asked to recognise how culture is ‘key to sustainable economic growth’
A new paper from Creative UK calls on the UK Government to recognise how culture is ‘key to sustainable economic growth, healthy communities and a confident national story’
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Tagged cultural heritage, economy, government
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ICOMOS at COP30: Heritage, Culture, and Global Climate Action
ICOMOS took part in the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), which was held from 10-21 November 2025 in Belém, Brazil, to reaffirm its commitment to climate action within heritage conservation practices.
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Tagged climate change, cultural heritage, global, heritage, ICOMOS, policy
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Government launches call for submissions to UK’s first national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – ‘living Heritage – open to 27/03
The Government has launched a call for submissions to the UK’s first-ever national inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) – living heritage – on foot of the UK’s ratification of the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible … Continue reading
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Tagged cultural heritage, government, safeguarding, UK
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